OUR CORRESPONDENT, Gazipur

An unidentified woman and her three-year-old son were killed after being run over by a train in Gazipur yesterday.

The incident occurred around 10:00am in Rajendrapur along the Dhaka-Mymensingh railway line, according to station authorities.

Railway officials said a Dewanganj-bound passenger train from Dhaka struck the woman and her child when they came onto the tracks.

The woman, estimated to be around 35, died on the spot, while the child was rescued by locals and taken to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital, where doctors later declared him dead.

Saidur Rahman, station master of Sreepur Railway Station, confirmed the incident, saying the victims’ identities could not be immediately established.

Mahmudul Hasan, station master of Joydebpur Junction, said railway police recovered the bodies from the scene.